The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-29
OrfOrd.

Quite O number OF our citizens went
to the cemetery at Fairlee, Wednesday,
to the burial of Mrs. Rennie.-A. d.
Chamberlin took possession of the
hotel property Thursday.-Mrs. Clara
Nichols Of Woodbury., VT, is at home
on visit.-Kate Phelps who has been
a teacher at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for
eight years, is now at her fathers on
a visit.-Saturday will be observed
here as Arbor Day, and every one old
or young, are invited to set out one or
more trees for the benefit of posterity,
if eleven hundred and fifty trees could
be set out this year and for every year
to come, it would do something towards
replacing the many that are cut down
and mostly sent down the Connecticut
river.-Our citizens go to Fairlee for
worship while our church is being re-
paired, and are most kindly welcomed
and hear excellent preaching.-One
year ago the new school board which
acts for all the districts in1town in fur
nishing teachers, reduced the number
of schools from fifteen to seven, which
has saved the town several hundred
dollars and this year they will reduce
the number still more, and it proves
that they have in this way better teach
ers and longer schools.-Wm. Richard
son, whose home is in Hartland, VT,
but for number of years has resided
in Oregon, is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Dea. Clark.-Our farmers will not
commence their springs work in this
vicinity before the first Monday in
II. Kenyon and wife would |
like to see their friends this (Friday) |
evening, it being the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their. marriage. All are COR
daily invited.
Mr.. EDITOR.-I read an item in your
paper dated April %, signed by a men,
Der of the PC. A., in which she or he |
pretend to take great interest in the |
welfare of the dumb animals and es-
pecially the teams that draw logs from
the east part of certain town in N.
H., to the river bank. Now said men,
Der knows little or nothing about the |
cruelty that is practiced on the teams |
or they would not have written as they |
did. have teamed on that route more |
or less for the last five years, summer
and winter, and know that the teams |
as rule are all we'll treated, fed and
cared for, and the amount of whipping
is small in comparison to the amount
of labor performed on said road. The
haul is long one and is wearing ON
the teams, that we all know, but they
all have good care and soon recuperate,
and some of the horses go to the Bos-
ton market every spring, in few days
after they get through hauling logs.
The road is one of the best in the
country, it being descending most Of
the way from the mountain to the
river. The owners of the teams are
obliged to load heavy in order to make
a living out Of the jobs. Now in re-
gard to the two horses that died from
cruel treatment they received, there is
not word of truth in it. One horse
had not been ON the road only short
time, had only been worked seven days
and dropped dead while standing in
the barn and having the best of care
possible. The other one caught his
foot in crevice in the ice and threw
him, but did not pull off his hoof OF
of the kind, he got better so
he was worked two weeks and then
took Geld while at work on the mead
ow and died, but had the very best
care. Now think it great slur on
the hard working men who haul logs |
on the road to be accused of cruelty |
treating their teams by people. Many
of them don't know what reasonable
load would be for pair of horses and
[ doubt if some of them would know
from dump-sart. hope
the next time member Of the P. G.
A., writes, that they will sign their
name so we may know who is writing
for our benefit. One out Of twenty
teamsters, JOHN r. SMITH.